Re: [nyphp-talk] Monetizing Open Source Code

Hi Kristina - I work at 10gen (company that develops & supports MongoDB). I'd be happy to chat with you sometime and give you some ideas/feedback. In the interim you may want to check out this article about JBoss. It's the best overview of the open source biz model I've read: http://www.forentrepr

Re: [nyphp-talk] Monetizing Open Source Code

On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Kristina Anderson wrote: > Greetings, all! > > For a while now I've been tossing an idea around in my head -- building > and maintaining a saleable open source product rather than doing hourly > consulting.  Specifically, a product in the CRM / marketing software >

Re: [nyphp-talk] Monetizing Open Source Code

On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Kristina Anderson wrote: > want to team up with marketing genuis and let the code do most > of the work so I don't have to!!!  :) Investors are only interested in open source because programming talent claims it as a condition of employment, not because they see

Re: [nyphp-talk] Monetizing Open Source Code

Good tips! Thanks. On Sat, May 19, 2012 9:29 am, leam hall wrote: > Kristina, > > > The resources I have found most useful, in addition to Kaufmann's > "Personal MBA", are: > > > SCORE.org > biznik.com LinkedIn.com > gm4jh.com elance.com guru.com > > If I were in your position, and I have been,

Re: [nyphp-talk] Monetizing Open Source Code

Kristina, The resources I have found most useful, in addition to Kaufmann's "Personal MBA", are: SCORE.org biznik.com LinkedIn.com gm4jh.com elance.com guru.com If I were in your position, and I have been, I would build my reputation on what I can do personally by showing the same or

Re: [nyphp-talk] Monetizing Open Source Code

I definitely think that marketing oneself is important and time consuming, which is just one more reason that I do NOT want to do consulting any more, but want to team up with marketing genuis and let the code do most of the work so I don't have to!!! :) On Sat, May 19, 2012 7:21 am, leam hall w

Re: [nyphp-talk] Monetizing Open Source Code

Leam, I'm interested in hearing any tips from anyone on how to obtain funding / business partners for an open-source project (and also put a note at the end just in case anyone DOES have any work lying around they can pass through). I'm definitely NOT looking to get a "job" and I'm NOT looking to

Re: [nyphp-talk] Monetizing Open Source Code

I agree totally with Leam. >From open source you don't do money, unless you create something great, that sometimes break (Mongo for example), because people use it and need you to fix it. 7 years ago I published a template engine called RainTPL, lot of developers use it and h

Re: [nyphp-talk] Monetizing Open Source Code

Morning Kristina! I'm not sure if I understand your prime motivation as I see more than one. To go from hourly consulting to a longer term gig then I'd recommend finding a code house that supports products you are interested in. Or that use technologies you want to integrate into your future solut

Re: [nyphp-talk] Monetizing Open Source Code

This doesn't answer your question, but check out http://apps.gotonames.com On Saturday, May 19, 2012, Kristina Anderson wrote: > Greetings, all! > > For a while now I've been tossing an idea around in my head -- building > and maintaining a saleable open source product rather than doing hourly >

[nyphp-talk] Monetizing Open Source Code

Greetings, all! For a while now I've been tossing an idea around in my head -- building and maintaining a saleable open source product rather than doing hourly consulting. Specifically, a product in the CRM / marketing software space, which I feel is under-served. Does anyone have any experience

[nyphp-talk] UTF-8, databases and best practices

Hi all, I need to distribute an application that potentially can be used with many different DBMSs (such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Microsoft SQL Server). The charset used in the databases can be ANY. I would like to always output UTF-8 text when possible and my questions are about the current